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Rethinking construction in preschool : discerning didactic strategies in Swedish preschool activities
Even though construction tasks have a long history as an activity in the Swedish preschool, technology as a content matter (e.g., construction) is relatively new. Hence, preschool teachers are generally unsure of the content of technology and how to handle it from a teaching perspective. Thus, there is need for deeper understanding of how construction tasks in preschool can be enacted and what kind of premises are offered to the children. To investigate this, we took our stance in activity theory and the concepts of mediating artifacts, rules and division of labour. This helped us discern what type of instructional practices that were enacted by preschool teachers when working with construction tasks. Activity theory in combination with thematic analysis helped us distinguish four general didactic actions that the teachers used to bring about the construction task-to engage, to guide, to coordinate, to show. These four strategies were then formulated into specific technology didactic actions through the perspectives of technology as product, process and concepts. ; Open access funding provided by Linnaeus University.
Rethinking construction in preschool : discerning didactic strategies in Swedish preschool activities
Even though construction tasks have a long history as an activity in the Swedish preschool, technology as a content matter (e.g., construction) is relatively new. Hence, preschool teachers are generally unsure of the content of technology and how to handle it from a teaching perspective. Thus, there is need for deeper understanding of how construction tasks in preschool can be enacted and what kind of premises are offered to the children. To investigate this, we took our stance in activity theory and the concepts of mediating artifacts, rules and division of labour. This helped us discern what type of instructional practices that were enacted by preschool teachers when working with construction tasks. Activity theory in combination with thematic analysis helped us distinguish four general didactic actions that the teachers used to bring about the construction task-to engage, to guide, to coordinate, to show. These four strategies were then formulated into specific technology didactic actions through the perspectives of technology as product, process and concepts. ; Open access funding provided by Linnaeus University.
Rethinking construction in preschool : discerning didactic strategies in Swedish preschool activities
Boström, Johan (author) / Hultén, Magnus (author) / Gyberg, Per (author)
2021-01-01
Scopus 2-s2.0-85108862644
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Preschool , Children , Didactics , Technology , Construction , Activity theory , Didaktik
DDC:
690
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